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Germany / Fürstenfeldbruck / Kloster Fürstenfeld / Choir / Ceiling - Large Paintings

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Life of Christ / Infancy / Visitation / Illustrations of the Magnificat (Lc. 1:46-55)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Bernard of Clairvaux (OCist) / Life / Vision of angelic choirs at the place where Clairvaux was to be founded / Adaptations

Further details

According to the Corpus, this image shows the Virgin Mary as the morning rising of the Song of Songs and angels, inspired by Bernard's vision of angelic choirs singing the Office, marking the future place of Fürstenfeld Abbey, where, as the Magnificat indicates, Mary will be praised

Artist or creator

Asam, Cosmas Damian (1686-1739)

Date

1723

Location

Fürstenfeldbruck, Kloster Fürstenfeld

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 4, Munich 1995, pp. 82-84, no. F

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